Bedrail



April'19, 1938. MICHL ET AL BEDRAIL Filed June 28, 1935 206); for

Patented Apr. 19, 1938 PATENT OFFICE BEDRAIL Ludowicus Michl andGabriella Michl, Vienna, Austria Application June 28,

1935, Serial No. 28,967

In Austria August 14, 1934 1 Claim.

This invention relates to bed rails and its primary object and purposeis to provide the bed rail with fastener means by which the bed rail maybe fixed very positively and securely yet detachably to the end membersof the bed. The invention consists in novel constructions andarrangements of parts for very practically and efiectively attaining theends stated in a better manner than heretofore.

In the known bed rails with fasteners of this kind the latter consisteither of hooked members adapted to be loosely connected with pins or ofangle irons provided with slots by which they are placed onto screwbolts. In the case of angle irons it is necessary to provide for amortise hole being cut in the end members of the bed or to provide for aclearance between the end member and the rail of the bed, so that theconnection is very loose. At the least shaking the bed creaks andsufficient room is present for the nesting of vermins. The screw boltsof the angle irons adapted to be clamped render difficult the attachmentof the holed angle irons and their nuts extend into the bedding, so thatthe same is easily damaged. Further in the known bed rail fasteners, thebed rails must be connected in succession with the head-end as well aswith the foot-end of the bed.

By the bed rail according to the present invention, these drawbacks areremoved in that a T- shaped forked member and a T-shaped hooked memberare independently from one another secured to the end face and to thetop face and bottom face respectively of the bed rail and extend beyondthe same at the top side and bottom side respectively of said rail and,when fitting up the parts of the bed, at first the said forked member ishooked into a nut screw at the bottom of the end member of the bed andthereafter the said hooked member is hooked from the side onto a nutscrew at the top of the end member of the bed and now the nuts of saidscrews are tightened, so that the bed rails are fixed to the said endmembers without any clearance.

Thereby the bed rail fastener on the one hand does not depend on thedepth of the bed rail. It can be manufactured in a single size and canbe fixed Without the necessity of arranging a mortise hole and on theother hand it does not lie within the range of the bedding so that thelatter cannot be damaged. Further the parts of the bed are more readilyfitted together or taken apart in view of the successive connection ofthe forked member and of the hooked member with the bottom and top boltsrespectively.

One mode of carrying out the present invention is illustratedperspectively in the drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device applied to the end of a bedrail.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view on a smaller scale showing my devicesecuring a bed rail to a head board.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detail.

The bed rail fastener consists of a T-shaped forked member 3 and aT-shaped hooked member 4. The fiat side of the forked member 3 and ofthe hooked member 4 are secured independently from one another to eachend face of the bed rail 2 in such a manner, that the forked member 3extends beyond the bottom edge of the bed rail, while the hooked member4 projects beyond the top edge thereof. Screw-threaded bolts 5 providedwith nuts 1 are secured to the headend as well as to the foot-end of thebed in accordance with the position of the forked member 3 and of thehooked member 4 on the bed rails. The members 3 and 4 are embedded andhave their faces in the plane of the end face of the bed rail 2 and aresecured to the top side and bottom side of the bed rail by means oftheir branches 6.

The bed is erected in the following manner:- At first the forked members3 of the bed rail 2 are placed onto the bottom screw threaded bolts 5 ofthe head-end and of the foot-end of the bed,-

so that the bed rail can be turned towards the screw threaded bolts 5 atthe top whereby the bolts at the bottom act as pivots. Now by slightlylifting the bed rail, the hooked members 4 can be hooked onto the screwbolts at the top, so that the bed rail is carried by the same in thecorrect position. In this position of the bed rail, the nuts aretightened and thereby the front faces of the bed rails the forkedmembers and the hooked members are tightly pressed without any clearanceonto the head-end and foot end of the bed. When unscrewing the nuts, thebed can be taken to pieces by lifting and turning the bed rail away fromthe head-end and foot end of the bed.

What we claim is Bed rail comprising in combination a rail, 9. T-shapedmember secured with its web on the top face of said rail and with one ofits flanges on the end face of said rail. a hook formed on the other ofsaid flanges and projecting above said top face of said rail and openingfrom the side of the rail, a second T-shaped member secured with its webon the bottom face of said rail and with one of its flanges on said endface of said rail, and a vertical slot in the other flange of saidsecond T-shaped member to form a forked flange which projects below thesaid bottom face of said rail.

LUDOWICUS MICHL. GABRIEILA MICHL.

